Reason
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- REE-zun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,990 for boys
Reason is a name of English origin, meaning “reason, good judgement”. In 2025 it ranked 2,990th for boys in the US (41 babies).
What does Reason mean?
English: English word
“reason, good judgement”
From the English word, via Old French raison from Latin ratio, 'reckoning, understanding'.
Is Reason a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Reason has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 41 boys in the US.
How popular is Reason in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,990among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 42,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 185% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 41 boys in the US were named Reason, making it the 2,990th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885. 8 girls were also named Reason in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Reason in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Reason in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #2,990 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,000 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 6 | #835 |
Names like Reason
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Reason: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reason, updated 20 October 2026.